😮 I Didn't Expect They'd Do THIS Well

3 affiliate sites that are killing it right now. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Yep, we're in the middle of August, people are partying, and the summer is as hot as the inflation, yet here I am, nerding out about SEO. I might not put the dancefloor on fire tonight but give an Ahrefs account, and I'll get that party started... kind of.  And to start this (email) party, I wanted to answer a common worry newer followers of ours have: Can I still start a successful site in 2022? Do I even stand a chance? But in typical newsletter fashion, I'm not going to bore you to death with cheesy (hmmm, I love cheese..) rhetoric. I want to SHOW you sites that started roughly a year or two ago and how they're doing now. 1. The Grilling dad (.com) While this site was put live in early 2021, it didn't start receiving any traffic until June of that year. And today it's sitting at... 232k organic traffic.  Not bad for a hobbyist site blogging about what you're doing in your garden all summer. Just in ad revenue, if I look at our own sites in similar niches, that site can probably get around $9,000 per month using Adthrive or Mediavine. On top of that, they also rank for juicy affiliate keywords. For example, they're #2 for "smoker grill combo", a 12,000 searches per month high buying intent keyword. And when the top product recommendation costs $999, those are juicy commissions. So I wouldn't be surprised to see that site pull a healthy 5-figure amount per month just 1.5 years after being started. 2. Peppers Home and Garden (.com) Let me introduce you to Peppershomeandgarden.com. That site was started in the middle of 2020 and now sites at 230k+ monthly traffic according to Ahrefs.  The site is primarily monetized with Adthrive ads that probably make the owner $30-40 per thousand visitors. So if we estimate that they get maybe 300k visitors, that's maybe $10,000 - $12,000 per month from ads. On top of that, I really like that they're doing one of the things I guessed would be trending next year: selling affiliate products inside info articles. All in all, I wouldn't be surprised if that 2-year-old site was smashing the mid-5 figures per month revenue. Not bad 👍 3. The - Home - Gym (.com) You may have heard that the fitness finance niche is "completely saturated". That it's "not even worth trying". Well Will from the-home-gym.com begs to differ and I have to say, I like the site. It's simple but that's the beauty of it. No complex design, no fancy branding, just solid search intent content Google loves. He registered the site in 2017 but only really became active in 2019, and the least I can say is that he's been pumping since then, hitting 120k organic traffic on ahrefs. And while I'm sure you've seen sites with more traffic, let me tell you, Will's traffic is probably better. Because ALL of his top pages are extremely high commercial intent and sell fitness machines that cost thousands of dollars. I went to the top recommended spin bikes on his top page and they were selling for $1,500 with an 8% commission. That's... $120 per sale for Will. So I wouldn't be surprised if this hobby site easily hit the high 5 figure range per month in affiliate commissions and changed Will's personal life. What does this all mean? Look, there's no denying that there is more competition today than there ever was in this market. There are also big changes going through with Google right now. Still, the 3 examples I shared with you today show that it's STILL very realistic to build a site from scratch and have it earn job replacement income within 1 - 2 years. You just need to be a little smarter with your decisions than you needed to be before. And because I know, many of you are looking to make that leap with the crawling inflation and stagnant salaries. We've just finished filming a FRESH update to our flagship training, The Authority Site System, a few days ago, and it should be ready in about 2 days. I'll let you know more when it's done editing, but needless to say, we have something really cool coming your way next Monday. So watch out for my email, and for now, go enjoy the summer tonight 🍺. I'll see you after your weekend hangover 😅 Gael Breton Co-Founder of Authority Hacker Sent to: {EMAIL} [Unsubscribe]( Authority Hacker, 20-22 Wenlock Road, London, N1 7GU, United Kingdom